Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose SharksApr 10, 2021

FinalSaturday, Apr 10, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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San Jose SharksSJS

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	1	3	0	4		LAK	6	13	7	26
SJS	1	0	1	2		SJS	12	4	12	28

: LAK 49SJS 68
: LAK 2.77SJS 2.67
PP goals: LAK 1SJS 1
Hits: LAK 26SJS 30
Blocks: LAK 21SJS 11
PIM: LAK 10SJS 10
: LAK 52%SJS 48%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Los Angeles Kings beat San Jose Sharks 4–2

Los Angeles Kings beat San Jose Sharks 4–2 at SJS. Andreas Athanasiou (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for LAK: Kempe–Moore–Anderson-Dolan skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Andreas Athanasiou had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 13:31.Athanasiou
Points
Dustin Brown had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:49.Brown
Points
Jeff Carter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:40.Carter
New line
New look for LAK: Kempe–Moore–Anderson-Dolan skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kempe Moore Anderson-Dolan
New line
New look for LAK: Lemieux–Wagner–Vilardi skated 7:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lemieux Wagner Vilardi
Usage
Kale Clague (LAK) played 13:03, −4:24 down on his 17:27 season average over 17 games.Clague
Usage
Sean Walker (LAK) played 21:25, +3:19 up on his 18:06 season average over 46 games.Walker
Usage
Jaret Anderson-Dolan (LAK) played 16:32, +3:07 up on his 13:25 season average over 33 games.Anderson-Dolan

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← LAK attacks left (bottom on phones)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · SJS 68 · LAK 49

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS pressure
LAK pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: LAK 25% of the game, SJS 30%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

SJS

LAK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	LAK	SJS
	41	52
	1.88	1.48
	1.86	1.43
	10	7
	8	2
	17	18
	−0.024	+0.024
	25%	30%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
11:2363% CF
L2Kempe – Moore – Anderson-Dolan
8:0721% CF
L3Lemieux – Wagner – Vilardi
7:0238% CF
L4Carter – Athanasiou – Lizotte
6:5050% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
14:3068% CF
D2Wolanin – Walker
11:1929% CF
D3Maatta – Clague
10:5632% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
5:2067% CF
PP2Carter – Athanasiou – Anderson-Dolan – Vilardi – Walker
2:56100% CF
PK1FMoore – Lizotte
3:11
PK2FKempe – Anderson-Dolan
2:24
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
4:28
PK2DMaatta – Walker
2:38

Current LAK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Kane – Labanc
10:0975% CF
L2Hertl – Meier – Balcers
9:4171% CF
L3Donato – Gambrell – Leonard
7:0633% CF
L4Marleau – Sorensen – Viel
5:2211% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
13:3950% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
13:2256% CF
D3Jaros – Simek
8:1967% CF

PP1Marleau – Burns – Couture – Kane – Labanc
4:12
PP2Burns – Hertl – Donato – Meier – Balcers
3:45100% CF
PK1FHertl – Gambrell
4:25
PK2FCouture – Kane
2:52
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
2:41
PK2DKarlsson – Knyzhov
1:19

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:43
LAKJeff Carter (Andreas Athanasiou, Mikey Anderson)wrist0.05 xG
LAK: Carter, Doughty, Athanasiou, Anderson, LizotteSJS: Donato, Jaros, Gambrell, Simek, Leonard
LAK 1 – 0 SJS
16:54
SJSDylan Gambrell (John Leonard, Christian Jaros)backhand0.17 xG
LAK: Maatta, Athanasiou, Kempe, Anderson-Dolan, WalkerSJS: Sorensen, Jaros, Gambrell, Simek, Leonard
LAK 1 – 1 SJS

2nd period

2:28
LAKAndreas Athanasiou (Jeff Carter, Olli Maatta)tip-in0.08 xG
LAK: Carter, Maatta, Athanasiou, Clague, LizotteSJS: Donato, Jaros, Gambrell, Simek, Leonard
LAK 2 – 1 SJS
3:23
LAKAlex Iafallo (Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown)backhand0.20 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, IafalloSJS: Marleau, Karlsson, Sorensen, Viel, Knyzhov
LAK 3 – 1 SJS
19:52
LAKDustin BrownPP (Drew Doughty)wrist0.09 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Vilardi, IafalloSJS: Marleau, Sorensen, Ferraro, Simek
LAK 4 – 1 SJS

3rd period

12:31
SJSTimo MeierPP (Tomas Hertl, Ryan Donato)wrist0.06 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, IafalloSJS: Burns, Hertl, Donato, Meier, Balcers
LAK 4 – 2 SJS

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Iafallo L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.45	0	2	0	21:31	—	—	58	69
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	0	1	2	20:55	—	—	62	70
Dustin Brown R	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.14	3	0	2	17:49	—	—	62	70
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	2	1	0	16:44	—	—	21	26
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	6	0	0	16:32	—	—	18	22
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	1	0	14:19	—	—	25	41
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:18	—	—	36	46
Austin Wagner L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	0	0	9:48	—	—	44	65
Brendan Lemieux L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	1	0	8:41	—	—	36	46
Jeff Carter C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.08	1	0	2	13:40	—	—	50	79
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	1	2	0	13:36	—	—	50	76
Andreas Athanasiou C	L4	1	1	2	+1	7	0.78	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	45	52
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	2	0	26:22	—	—	69	79
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	4	0	20:17	—	—	68	79
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	2	2	21:25	—	—	24	30
Christian Wolanin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:05	—	—	37	59
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	1	3	2	19:10	—	—	28	32
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:03	—	—	33	51

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.67	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.11	1	0	2	22:04	—	—	76	65
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	76	60
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	17:16	—	—	73	55
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.80	1	1	0	20:23	—	—	71	57
Timo Meier R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.26	1	0	2	17:11	—	—	65	59
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	3	0	0	14:05	—	—	67	56
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.23	2	2	0	16:27	—	—	38	40
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.04	0	1	0	13:38	—	—	37	8
John Leonard L	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	1	1	0	9:42	—	—	44	38
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	0	0	13:00	—	—	39	23
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:32	—	—	33	41
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	6:25	—	—	20	6
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	1	2	27:13	—	—	52	37
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	5	1	2	20:44	—	—	46	33
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	3	0	22:52	—	—	55	30
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	18:21	—	—	55	47
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	0	0	12:31	—	—	68	67
Christian Jaros D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:43	—	—	63	64

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	19	15	4	.789	1.88	39:57
Josef Korenar	—	7	7	0	.1000	0.90	19:26

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.